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Parantica aglea · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae
The caterpillar is dark claret brown with two round chrome-yellow spots per segment and smaller bluish-white spots that form a line along the sides; the pupae are green with silver, black and gold spots and a tight shape behind the thorax.
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Life cycle
Females lay white, pearl-shaped eggs on the undersides of leaves; they hatch in about three days.
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Lookalikes
Specimens from Myanmar and Mysore are indistinguishable from the typical form, showing no clear visual differences.
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Questions people ask
What does the caterpillar look like?
It is dark claret brown with two round chrome-yellow spots per segment and smaller bluish-white spots that form a line along the sides.
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What plants do the larvae eat?
They feed on several milkweed-family plants including Vincetoxicum species, Calotropis gigantea and Ceropegia species.
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Same family (Nymphalidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parantica_aglea
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